Maritime Silk Road International Cultural Forum

The forum, which will be held in Macau, China, will exert and make use of Macau as a platform for " exchange and cooperation base with Chinese culture as its mainstream and the co-existence of different cultures".

The forum is hosted by the National Cultural Heritage Administration and the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR government, and undertaken by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, ICOMOS China, the Office of the Maritime Silk Road Conservation and Joint Heritage Cities Alliance, and the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage. The conference plans to set up the main venue and branch venues, which will invite Macao tertiary institutions to participate. This forum will invite experts and scholars in Maritime Silk Road research at home and abroad, as well as city representatives of the Chinese Maritime Silk Road Alliance, to give speeches and discussions on "The Protection and Sustainable Development of the Maritime Silk Road Heritage".

The forum will be held both online and offline with simultaneous interpretation in Chinese, English and Portuguese. During the forum, extended activities such as guided tours related to Macao historical sites of the Maritime Silk Road and photo exhibitions on historical sites along the Chinese Maritime Silk Road will be held in concurrent. Moreover, a special website will be set up for this forum. Guests from all over the world can watch the live broadcast of the forum and to review the highlights afterwards. There will also be an online photo exhibition of the historical sites along the Chinese Maritime Silk Road uploaded. Relevant World Heritage Site: Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor *